There are polite ways I won’t disagree with that, however isn’t our job as Christians to live as an example to others? Christ didn’t censor anyone from saying anything he just proved them wrong. Granted I believe we follow slightly different versions of the Bible but at least in the one I read I can’t think of an example of that, Christ always allowed people to speak their mind and then refuted it with facts.
That is exactly what I'm trying to encourage.
Are you sure about that? Christ didn't silence people. He proved them wrong. How is banning someone for anger acting christ like?
It's not banning someone for anger. You're right, Christ didn't silence people. But he also didn't tolerate toxic behavior, like trying to rile people up and being unkind to others for their beliefs. He forgave. Most bans will be temporary, a couple days at most. I will edit the sidebar to reflect this.
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